Tim Wise, Presentation on White Privilege and Anti-Blackness
Payton Distinguished Lectureship- Eric Holder: Voting Rights and Inequality in the U.S.
Presidential Dialogues: Cultivating Empathy in a Time of Division, Rabbi Sharon Brous
Presidential Dialogues: Cultivating Empathy in a Time of Division, with Imam Khalid Latif
Cultivating Empathy in a Time of Division: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
Pomona College is committed to advancing the diversity of our community. The College is navigating a critical turning point on issues of access, diversity, equity, and inclusivity. We believe that this critically important work is at the heart of the liberal arts, and we look to engage all members of our community as we chart a path forward. As a globally recognized institution in Southern California—a region at the forefront of diversity, openness, and innovation—we must lead the way.
A diverse student body and curriculum gives Pomona students unique and important opportunities for intellectual, emotional and ethical growth. It provides them with the necessary tools to face the challenges of today’s world—political divisiveness, social upheaval, and structural inequities—creatively and to build communities and organizations that are open, vibrant, and diverse.
Education is an essential mechanism for addressing historical injustices and for grappling with contemporary inequities. Placing diversity at the center of the College’s educational mission means providing leadership in social change and modeling what such change looks like.
We believe numbers alone do not indicate success in achieving a dynamically diverse community. The College places great importance on providing resources and energy toward enhancing a campus culture in which all students, faculty, and staff feel welcome and supported.
Diversity at Pomona FAQ
Assessment of Climate
- Perceptions of Speech and Campus Climate (2018)
- Sexual Assault Campus Climate (2018)
- Campus Climate Survey (2020)
- Full Results (Institutional Login Required)
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice
- Strategic Vision
- Lighting the Path to 2025
- Full Plan (institutional login required)
- Pomona College Diversity Indicators
- Support for DACA
- President Advisory Committee on Diversity
- PAC-D Annual Reports (Institutional Login Required)
- Campus Climate
- Diversity & Access: Recruiting Diverse Students
- Diversity & Access: Recruiting Diverse Faculty and Staff
- Justice Education
Support and Infrastructure
- Diversity Officers
- Tony Boston
- Sue McCarthy
- Ric Townes
- Harassment and Discrimination Grievance Coordinator
- Brenda Rushforth
- Title IX Officer
- CARES Office (Title IX)
- Queer Resource Center
- Student Accommodation Services
- Workplace Accessibility
- Academic Resource Centers
- Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
- Academic Cohorts
- Sage Fellows
- Wellness Resources
Complaint Procedures
Recent Education and Training Opportunities
- Hiring a Diverse Faculty: A Four-Part Workshop Series
- Implicit Bias Workshop
- Impostor Syndrome Workshop
- Trauma-Informed Pedagogy Workshop
- White Privilege and Anti-Blackness Presentation
- Planning and Conducting Inclusive Meetings: Workshop for Managers
- A Conversation with Rev Dr. William Barber II (video)
- Presidential Dialogues: Cultivating Empathy in a Time of Division
- Professor Eddie S Glaude Jr (video)
- Rabbi Sharon Brous (video)
- Imam Khalid Latif (video)
- Kevin Wynter and Hersey Suri (video)
- Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance
- Sustained Dialogue Institute
- Funded Department-Specific Programs/Initiatives
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Resources
- Articles
- 97 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice, Corinne Shutack.
- Allyship (& Accomplice): The What, Why, and How, Michelle Kim.
- Black Trans Men Face a Constant Threat of Police Violence, Ash Stevens
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
- ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
- The 1619 Project (all the articles) The New York Times Magazine
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston Vox (May 28, 2019)
- The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
- “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? Ibram X. Kendi
- Why You Need to Stop Saying ‘All Lives Matter’, Rachel Elizabeth Cargl
- Books
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander - The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
by Grace Lee Boggs - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
Suggest an Additional Resource:
Email Tony Boston, Senior Associate Dean of the College
Tony.Boston@pomona.edu